A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Politics
No, I do not identify with the right wing.
不,我不认同右翼。
The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.
事实是,沙文主义盛行。
No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.
没有人能不颤抖地享受自由。
War made the state, and the state made war.
战争造就了国家,国家也造就了战争。
In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
在法律上,除了费用,没有什么是确定的。
I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.
我认为北约本身就是一个战争罪犯。
Peace must be more than the absence of war.
和平绝不仅仅是没有战争。
Taxation without representation is tyranny.
没有代表权的税收是暴政。
Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
每一场改革运动都有一帮疯子。
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
不幸的土地,这是需要英雄。
I came to Congress to help reduce spending.
我来到国会是为了帮助削减开支。
The most powerful thing we own is our vote.
我们拥有的最强大的东西是我们的选票。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
新闻自由本身不是目的,而是实现自由社会的一种手段。
The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.
希望就在那里。太阳正在升起。我们最好的日子还没有到来。
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
善良,有了力量,就堕落了;没有力量的纯洁的爱会被摧毁。
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
法律是稳定的;我们所说的社会是进步的。一个民族的幸福或多或少取决于缩小鸿沟的快速性。
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
如果我们要求尊重法律,我们首先必须使法律受人尊敬。
For now more than ever, we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
现在,我们比以往任何时候都更必须牢记这样一个事实:每当我们剥夺了我们所憎恨的人的自由,我们就为我们所爱的人开辟了失去自由的道路。